Have you tried Distress Oxide inks yet? I haven't had a lot of time to play and one of the features I really wanted to try was stamping on black cardstock. This is stamped in various colours, then I splattered using the re-inkers, THEN, I lightly misted the whole piece so the colours oxidized a little... Beautiful! 

I added some splatters with water (I used Distress Inks and they're reactive to water) as well as some splatters of glimmer mist. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Up In The Air (MFT) Stamp Set

Hi there, it's Tobi here with a DIY planner using a traveller's journal and of course, SRM stamps. 

Here are some things that have added up to my current planner situation:

~ I've tried the planner thing... I don't get it, OR I'm not good at it. 

~ I've recently gotten into hand lettering and have started to collect journals to practice in. 

~ I had a very stressful month and kept a notebook of everything i had to remember and keep track of and it really worked for me. 

So, because of these factors, I thought i would continue with the notebook/hand-lettering/journal format, but organize it a little better using various stamps and supplies. 

So I've got my day divided into three zones: 

1) School (I'm a teacher)

2) After school - which includes clubs and rehearsals/performances

3) dinner (we have meal-plans)

As much as I can, I try to fill in the spots using bounce lettering (the style of calligraphy I am working on) so I can practice as many letter combos as possible. 

Here's a mostly blank page so you can see how it looks before I fill it out:

Thanks for stopping by, I hope this was inspiring! 

Supplies: 

Clear Planner Stamps/School Plans

Clear Planner Stamps/Planner Notes To Self

Brush Markers - Marvy

Whoooooo says owls have to be black and brown? 

Not me! 

No idea why, but I went with kind of an ombre wing on these beauties. 

I made a few different designs with the same basic layout: 

I don't normally make duplicates (boring), but when I do I like to at least change the papers and background colours a little. 

You know what's cool? This set is only USD $2.99! 

CLICK HERE to go to Happy Day Owl

Sentiment from Sassy Birthday Stamp Set

Hi there! It's time to make a couple of cards for some special students. I love and hate this time of year, I can't wait for summer (and to get back to Canada for a while) but I also don't want to say goodbye to the grads... 

Anyway, this is a cute stamp with an AWESOME font and I made it for the current Paper Smooches Challenge: MEN

This cute little elephant and sentiment are from a set called New Beginnings. 

I can't wait to use the other stamps in the set - they're all equally adorable. 

Elephant was coloured with Copics and I added accents with a pastel chalk pencil. 

I just had a self-imposed long weekend (took a personal day) because I just finished a long run of the musical I directed at school and I was pooped!!! But after a couple good sleep-ins and some much needed "ME TIME" I am ready to tackle June! 

This card is such an easy one to put together - would be a really great project for a card-set. 

The combo of gold glitter and mint green is making my heart sing! 

Have a wonderful week! 

Supplies: 

Woodland Foliage Sizzix Bigz Die - 661717

MFT Stamp set

Teresa Collins Glitter cardstock

Bazzill Cardstock

Distress Oxide Ink - Cracked Pistachio

Happy June!!

For many of you, school's out, and you're starting summer vacation, but here in China (we follow the Canadian school calendar at my school) we are here until the bitter end: June 30th! Waaaaaaaaahhhhhh. 

But instead of being sorry myself, I've gotten my butt in gear and started my end-of-the-year thank you cards. There are so many people to thank in a school community:

This card is kind of a general "I'm happy for you" card, but with flair! 

The gems are cut out of DecoFoil adhesive foam and I used multi-coloured foil on them. So pretty!! 

Supplies: 

Priceless Stamp set (Technique Tuesday)

You Are A Gem (Technique Tuesday)